Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[apó] n. body

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì] adj. heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kóò] n. son

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno