Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[go] v. fly; soar

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koha] num. nine

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sabè] n. loincloth

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[taki] n. ginger

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ámì] n. tail

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