Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[more] n. forest

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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