Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alì] n. leg

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. garu

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

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

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[po] v. weave

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[poli] n. seed

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

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

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

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

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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