Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adã] n. spear

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[sãgo] n. life

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tù] v. flood

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[ámè] v. mate

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