Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxó] adj. bald

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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