Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[more] n. forest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[tù] v. flood

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

Speaker: Tage Kanno