Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adú] v. make noise

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tabu] n. snake

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jali] n. fox

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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