Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ciĩ] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno