Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[balu] n. garden

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

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

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Dialect: syn. ice

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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

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Dialect: syn. tardu