Apatani English

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

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[abã] n. burning pain

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[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[burù] n. younger brother

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kormo] n. seed

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[so] post. at; in

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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