Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[balu] n. garden

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[baró] n. brother

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[papù] n. egg

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tarù] n. rope

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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