Apatani English

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

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[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[asã] n. north

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

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

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hua] v. fall into something

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[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[koha] num. nine

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[née] v. wrestle

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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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

[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tartu] v. break

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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