Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[doodu] n. drop

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[eem] int. yes

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[humi] pron. whom

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

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

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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

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

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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