Apatani English

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gehe] v. yawn

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[milò] n. husband

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nesú] n. granary

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pano] v. sting

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxó] adj. bald

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañru

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xoo] v. stir

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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

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