Apatani English

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asã] n. north

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[eem] int. yes

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lohe] n. one day

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nar] v. borrow

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[niti] adj. new

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[po] v. weave

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[xe] v. force something

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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