Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[cì] v. bite

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

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

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[ke] v. write

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kooʎã] adj. round

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo