Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[po] v. weave

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[so] post. at; in

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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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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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò