Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[akì] n. dog

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjo] v. swim

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cì] v. bite

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[si] dem. this

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[xirki] n. window

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ámè] v. mate

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