Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mjã] v. name

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[nar] v. borrow

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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