Apatani English

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[so] post. at; in

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tarù] n. rope

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tù] v. flood

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[álù] v. to work

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