Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alo] n. salt

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bi] v. give; offer

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

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

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lemba] n. village

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[néesu] n. wrestling

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jama] adj. poor

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[álò] v. dry

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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