Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hu] pron. who

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jali] n. fox

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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