Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aɲã] n. year

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[baró] n. brother

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ribo] v. throw something across

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

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabu] n. snake

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[urú] n. family

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jaso] n. cane

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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