Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[baró] n. brother

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lohĩ] n. three days

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacu] n. chick

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[samã] n. pine needle

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[une] n. wound

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

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[jali] n. fox

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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