Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alló] n. bone

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pìi] v. dry

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jamu] n. fire

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ