Apatani English

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

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alo] n. salt

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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