Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ápì] v. dry

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