Apatani English

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

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

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

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[álù] adj. busy

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