Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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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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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[si] dem. this

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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

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