Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[imi] v. sleep

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

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

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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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

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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