Apatani English

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[amã] n. roof

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apũ] prep. among

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar