Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[alo] n. day

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asó] n. length

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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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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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

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

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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