Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barmɨ] n. sister

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

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[née] v. wrestle

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

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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