Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

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

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hu] pron. who

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩ] v. go

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

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

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

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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