Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[golu] v. lie

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] num. in; at

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[huuto] n. light

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[no ho] pron. where

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[taki] n. ginger

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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