Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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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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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harti] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. marlañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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