Apatani English

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[kúcì] adj. near

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taa] v. swim

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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