Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[doodu] n. drop

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[uuko] n. hole

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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

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