Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[asã] n. north

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kapjó] adj. first

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sa] n. rope

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tero] n. chili

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[álù] v. to work

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[ámè] v. mate

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