Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[akì] n. dog

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gehe] v. yawn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[ita] n. brick

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kone] num. one

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[ohoo] v. feed

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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

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

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[papù] n. egg

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

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

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tù] v. push

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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