Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[appú] n. flower

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cazó

[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kóò] n. son

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xapú] v. peel off

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

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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