Apatani English

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cì] v. bite

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

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

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koha] num. nine

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[luho] v. speak offensively

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

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xeli] v. play

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[álò] v. dry

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