Apatani English

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[aíi] n. blood

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

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

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kanu] num. seven

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[koha] num. nine

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tasã] n. ornament

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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