Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[ajò] n. night

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[áamì] n. cat

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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