Apatani English

[ahĩ] n. gold

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nar] v. borrow

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[niti] adj. new

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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