Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

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

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[koha] num. nine

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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