Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[alo] n. salt

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[niti] adj. new

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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