Apatani English

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alo] n. day

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[appú] n. flower

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[apó] n. body

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuto] n. light

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩ] v. go

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

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[lemba] n. village

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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