Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[asó] n. length

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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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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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poli] n. seed

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sulú] n. fence

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ápì] v. dry

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