Apatani English

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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