Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bjo] v. swim

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

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

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koha] num. nine

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

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

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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