Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gehe] v. yawn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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Dialect: syn. ice

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nar] v. borrow

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pano] v. sting

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[so] post. at; in

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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