Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alló] n. bone

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[eem] int. yes

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[leko] v. cross

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[tú] v. kick

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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