Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[ni] v. prune

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sa] n. rope

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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

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Dialect: var. tor

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ĩka] pron. that

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