Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[agoo] n. outside

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

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajò] n. night

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

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

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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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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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poli] n. seed

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[suh] n. spring

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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