Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[amu] n. hair

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[ajò] n. night

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

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

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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