Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[alo] n. day

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[alì] n. leg

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[car] v. boil

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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’

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nãbo] v. push something across

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[niti] adj. new

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[some] n. palm civet

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[urú] n. family

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ámì] n. tail

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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