Apatani English

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[harlã] n. thigh

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heɁdú] 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. pidú

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[koopja] n. lower back

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pano] v. sting

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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