Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[perũ] n. bean

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãca] v. grow up

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taa] v. swim

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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