Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨ] pron. what

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ubúu] n. hole

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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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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ápì] v. dry

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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