Apatani English

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[apúu] n. arrow

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

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

Dialect: syn. bukofe’be, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[huã alló] n. backbone

Dialect: var. hoañ alló, Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. mepi, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[moru] n. cheek

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

Dialect: syn. bebu’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[naspati] n. pear

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[objoɁ] adj. long

Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

Dialect: ant. sa’xw’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Dialect: var. sañtú tero, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sati] n. umbrella

Dialect: Or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[some] n. palm civet

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tacì] n. crab

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Dialect: var. tano-gogo, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapĩ] n. ice

Dialect: var. twpiñ, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarì] n. hail

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tù] v. flood

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

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[utɨ] n. camel

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

Dialect: syn. saq, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xoo] v. stir

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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