Apatani English

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[se] v. pull

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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