Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

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

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koha] num. nine

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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