Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[leko] v. cross

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[miju] n. human beings

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nar] v. borrow

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áamì] n. cat

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[álì] v. plant

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