Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[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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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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