Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[appú] n. flower

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[nar] v. borrow

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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