Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. daliñ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laxw’

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

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

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno