Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

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

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hupa] pron. for whom

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɁla] n. tear

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[milò] n. husband

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[poli] n. seed

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨló] n. lever

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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