Apatani English

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

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[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

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

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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