Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[alo] n. day

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[aɲì] num. two

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

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

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ĩka] pron. that

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