Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[adú] v. make noise

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉar] num. thousand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takũ] n. peach

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò