Apatani English

[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[pasù] n. needle

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jasi] n. water

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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