Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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

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

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laakur] v. take back

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nã] v. push; press

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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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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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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