Apatani English

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

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amã] n. roof

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[baró] n. brother

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[oho búu] v. give birth

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[santú] n. tree

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tabu] n. snake

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

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[japa] n. young man

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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