Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[car] v. boil

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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