Apatani English

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aɲì] num. two

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tù] v. push

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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