Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[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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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aɲã] n. year

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[balu] n. garden

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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