Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gehe] v. yawn

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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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

[huɲi] n. pestle

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[húì] v. fall

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[pacu] n. chick

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pasù] n. needle

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[jali] n. fox

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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