Apatani English

[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[ahì] n. fruit

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gehe] v. yawn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hù] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lɨma] n. root

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨɁ] v. agree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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