Apatani English

[aháa] n. heart

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[caa] v. step on

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harù] n. lung

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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