Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paako] n. an element of babo

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

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

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù