Apatani English

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

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harù] n. lung

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[née] v. wrestle

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sumù] n. sand

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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