Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[asó] n. length

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajò] n. night

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[taki] n. ginger

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tartu] v. break

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[áakũ] v. come early

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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