Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjo] v. swim

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

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

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tacì] n. crab

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xoo] v. stir

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[álù] n. task

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