Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alíi] v. bury

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[aɲã] n. year

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bár] v. charge interest

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poli] n. seed

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tõ] v. display

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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