Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

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

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[papù] n. egg

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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