Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[akó] num. one; single

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

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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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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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãca] v. grow up

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tarì] n. hail

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ude] n. house

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ