Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aɲì] num. two

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciĩ] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. datw mida

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[leko] v. cross

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

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

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[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 mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ámì] n. tail

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