Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎí] n. bow

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aháa] n. heart

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[apũ] prep. among

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

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

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sulú] n. fence

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[álò] v. dry

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