Apatani English

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[duu] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[golu] v. lie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[loɲì] n. two days

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

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

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

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

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tamì] n. weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tartu] v. break

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨ] v. offer

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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