Apatani English

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

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kúcì] adj. near

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[naspati] n. pear

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tero] n. chili

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[uuko] n. hole

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jarú] n. ear

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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