Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cì] v. bite

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

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

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leko] v. cross

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mjã] v. name

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pí] v. bark

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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