Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[appú] n. flower

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[asã] n. north

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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