Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alì] n. leg

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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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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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kanu] num. seven

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

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. morto

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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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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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tartu] v. break

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xõcã] n. corner

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

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

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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