Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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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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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[eem] int. yes

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pota] n. paper

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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