Apatani English

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

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hibu] n. beak

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huuto] n. light

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tartu] v. break

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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