Apatani English

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

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cíi] v. be extinct

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[garu] n. pillow

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lohe] n. one day

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[se] v. pull

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tõ] v. offer; give

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xú] v. measure

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ápì] v. dry

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