Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[arná] v. choke

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Speaker: Nani Anga

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

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

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

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[naspati] n. pear

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[álì] v. plant

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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