Apatani English

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amã] n. roof

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[appú] n. flower

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harlã] n. thigh

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[heme] n. oath; promise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[niti] adj. new

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rubi] n. deaf

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

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[japa] n. young man

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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