Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[amu] n. hair

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[ho] num. in; at

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjã] v. name

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[nar] v. borrow

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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

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Dialect: syn. pece

[poli] n. seed

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xirki] n. window

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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