Apatani English

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

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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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

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kanu] num. seven

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[nar] v. borrow

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tasã] n. ornament

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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