Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

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

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kóò] n. son

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

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[niti] adj. new

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

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

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taju] n. wasp

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tù] v. flood

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jaso] n. cane

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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