Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎi] v. become

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hibu] n. beak

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

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

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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