Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alló] n. bone

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bjuu] v. suck

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[eem] int. yes

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ĩci] v. reach

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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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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

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

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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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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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[urú] n. family

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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