Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[baró] n. brother

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuto] n. light

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koopja] n. lower back

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

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

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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