Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨta] n. bird

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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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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[saã] v. grow; live

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

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

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tarú] n. mosquito

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[une] n. wound

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

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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