Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[akó] num. one; single

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[appú] n. flower

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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