Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. garu

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tala] n. lock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapã] n. algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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