Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[appú] n. flower

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[moru] n. cheek

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nɨ] pron. what

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[takũ] n. peach

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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