Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[amu] n. hair

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

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

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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

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

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[huɲi] n. pestle

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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