Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

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

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[ho] n. and

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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