Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[garu] n. pillow

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kóò] n. son

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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