Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨle] n. river

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pota] n. paper

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

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

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japũ] n. sky

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