Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[milò] n. husband

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[po] v. weave

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jama] adj. poor

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[álù] n. task

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

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