Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lẽda] n. path

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañru

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[japũ] n. sky

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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