Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arcì] v. roll

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[saati] n. pine sap

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sumù] n. sand

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tù] v. flood

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[álì] v. plant

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