Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laŋu] n. neck

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

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pakã] n. goose

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[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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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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