Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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

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

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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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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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[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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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[no ho] pron. where

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[pakã] n. goose

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xú] v. measure

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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