Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ápì] v. dry

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