Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imi] v. sleep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[more] n. forest

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

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

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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