Apatani English

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[huuto] n. light

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[taju] n. wasp

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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