Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁdú] 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. pidú

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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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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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tõ] v. display

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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