Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alíi] v. bury

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[apũ] prep. among

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[baró] n. brother

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caa] v. step on

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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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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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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

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

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨma] n. root

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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

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

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

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

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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

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Dialect: ant. do

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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