Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

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

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xeli] v. play

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[xú] v. aim

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[jama] adj. poor

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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