Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. asu’

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[balu] n. garden

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daci mida

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[ke] v. write

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobu

[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mula] n. radish

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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

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[paiɁ] v. get

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pẽ] v. build; construct

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. piñ

[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨ] num. six

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ámì] n. tail

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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