Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. alvr

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meli

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[nãca] v. push something up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taʎa] v. listen

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

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

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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