Apatani English

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[asã] n. north

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

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

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

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

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lẽda] n. path

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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