Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[pacu] n. chick

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tero] n. chili

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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