Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[koŋ] num. one

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lemba] n. village

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[niti] adj. new

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[perũ] n. bean

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[takǝr] n. star

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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