Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[agoo] n. outside

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caa] v. step on

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tero] n. chili

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù