Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[appú] n. flower

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[apó] n. body

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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