Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aháa] n. heart

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akó] num. one; single

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[golu] v. lie

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[koha] num. nine

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[supũ] n. world

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tù] v. flood

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xoo] v. stir

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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