Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[ahi] n. tooth

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[alo] n. day

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

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aɲã] n. year

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

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjuu] v. suck

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[samã] n. pine needle

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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