Apatani English

[akó] num. one; single

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[baró] n. brother

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[doodu] n. drop

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[ke] v. write

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[moru] n. cheek

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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

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