Apatani English

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi] n. sun

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎi] v. become

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

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

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[niti] adj. new

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taju] n. wasp

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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