Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[naspati] n. pear

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

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

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[áamì] n. cat

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