Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[appú] n. flower

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hu] pron. who

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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

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Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nar] v. borrow

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sulú] n. fence

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tù] v. flood

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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