Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amu] n. hair

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciĩ] v. weave

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pace] n. the other side

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[po] v. weave

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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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

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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