Apatani English

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

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

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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