Apatani English

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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

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

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[ajò] n. night

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[baró] n. brother

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[putu] n. mountain

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tala] n. lock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarú] n. mosquito

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jaso] n. cane

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[álù] n. task

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