Apatani English

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[agoo] n. outside

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miɉí] n. orphan

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi] n. water

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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