Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[ahi] n. tooth

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apũ] prep. among

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲã] n. year

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[húì] v. fall

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poli] n. seed

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pí] v. bark

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[álù] v. to work

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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