Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨbã] n. baby

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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