Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baró] n. brother

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rubi] n. deaf

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[santú] n. tree

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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