Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[appú] n. flower

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cì] v. bite

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽ] v. think; love

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huuto] n. light

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[more] n. forest

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjã] v. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[née] v. wrestle

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taʎa] v. listen

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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

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[álù] v. to work

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