Apatani English

[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[taju] n. wasp

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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

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[jalã] n. stone

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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