Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aíi] n. blood

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bi] v. give; offer

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

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

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hokɨ] post. from

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[koha] num. nine

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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