Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dimpu] n. white hair

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jalã] n. stone

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ámè] v. mate

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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