Apatani English

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[emǝr] n. dew

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[la] conj. and

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

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

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

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[papù] n. egg

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[putu] n. mountain

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sarse] n. millet

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[suh] n. spring

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tù] v. flood

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ĩka] pron. that

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