Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

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

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[papù] n. egg

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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