Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kone] num. one

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[tartu] v. break

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jali] n. fox

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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