Apatani English

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

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[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[aháa] n. heart

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[hua] v. fall into something

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[la] conj. and

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[leko] v. cross

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[papù] n. egg

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[jalã] n. stone

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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