Apatani English

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[jali] n. fox

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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