Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. borta’

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daruu] n. summer

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎo] v. jump

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. aró

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more] n. forest

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapú] v. peel off

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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