Apatani English

[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[araɁ] v. tie

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huuto] n. light

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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