Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ápì] v. dry

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