Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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

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

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[imi] v. sleep

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kóò] n. son

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. áttò

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xa

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sa] n. rope

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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