Apatani English

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[amã] n. roof

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjo] v. swim

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[húì] v. fall

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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