Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apó] n. body

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[aì] adj. heavy

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

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dùu] v. sit

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

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

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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

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[jaŋo] num. five

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