Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alo] n. day

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[balu] n. garden

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buu

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[còoʎa] v. limp

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

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

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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

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[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lɨbã] n. knee

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[niti] adj. new

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[pjapúu] 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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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[álò] v. dry

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