Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[barmɨ] n. sister

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuto] n. light

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

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pìi] v. dry

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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