Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aháa] n. heart

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jamu] n. fire

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ