Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akì] n. dog

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alló] n. bone

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎi] v. become

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. twle’

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

Speaker: Tage Kanno