Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apó] n. body

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[papi] n. wood chip

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tamì] n. weed

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jo] n. meat

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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