Apatani English

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

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[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[alló] n. bone

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajò] n. night

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bár] v. charge interest

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

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kone] num. one

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[milò] n. husband

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[palo-malo] n. world

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pano] v. sting

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

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

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[so] post. at; in

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò