Apatani English

[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[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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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎo] v. jump

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lohè] post. till; until

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[tú] v. kick

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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