Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[car] v. boil

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[pacu] n. chick

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

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

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xirki] n. window

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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