Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[loʎã] n. ten days

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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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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pano] v. sting

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sulú] n. fence

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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