Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

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

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

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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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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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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