Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

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

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alo] n. day

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[milò] n. husband

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabu] n. snake

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[xapú] v. peel off

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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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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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