Apatani English

[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[burù] n. younger brother

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xú] v. aim

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áade] v. come close; approach

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[álò] v. dry

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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