Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[amã] n. roof

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajò] n. night

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[car] v. boil

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kanu] num. seven

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’