Apatani English

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

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aháa] n. heart

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[harù] n. lung

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koʎã] adj. round

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laakur] v. take back

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[leko] v. cross

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[takũ] n. peach

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

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

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ