Apatani English

[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[harù] n. lung

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

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

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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