Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

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

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[baró] n. brother

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[harpó] n. bucket

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jaapa’

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

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lemba] n. village

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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