Apatani English

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

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[apó] n. body

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

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

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

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

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xeli] v. play

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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