Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mjã] v. name

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jamu] n. fire

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áamì] n. cat

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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