Apatani English

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

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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

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[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tero] n. chili

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[japa] n. young man

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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