Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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

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

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tasã] n. ornament

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ápì] v. dry

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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