Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gehe] v. yawn

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pota] n. paper

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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