Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. argò

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉiɉe] n. truth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kúcì] adj. near

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mataɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nasu

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[no ho] pron. where

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tarì] n. hail

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ubúu] n. hole

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

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

Speaker: Tage Kanno