Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[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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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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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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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axɨ] n. comb

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

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

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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