Apatani English

[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[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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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[naspati] n. pear

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[japa] n. young man

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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