Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[adú] v. make noise

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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

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

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kúcì] adj. near

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

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

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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

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