Apatani English

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨca] n. lame

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

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[ni] v. prune

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[po] v. weave

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[poli] n. seed

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

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

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taju] n. wasp

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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