Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[leko] v. cross

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[niti] adj. new

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[papù] n. egg

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[se] v. pull

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabu] n. snake

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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