Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arná] v. choke

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cazó

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tù] v. push

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[uuko] n. hole

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[áamì] n. cat

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

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