Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hua] v. fall into something

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[humi] pron. whom

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[poŋe] adj. different

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[ríi] n. drool

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[si] dem. this

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tamì] n. weed

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

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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