Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hiŋ] num. three

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rupĩ] n. earring

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jaso] n. cane

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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