Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alo] n. day

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[bù] v. uproot

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

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

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

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

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lɨpì] v. dry

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

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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