Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[amã] n. roof

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[asã] n. north

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nã] v. push; press

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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

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

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pí] v. bark

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

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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