Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alì] n. leg

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[amã] n. roof

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[milò] n. husband

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[palo-malo] n. world

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañru

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[álù] n. task

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing