Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[adú] v. make noise

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alo] n. day

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ganda] n. country; land

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aì

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xõcã] n. corner

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jali] n. fox

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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