Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[ajò] n. night

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[meli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁca] adj. blind

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨsi] n. now

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sisi

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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