Apatani English

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

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[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[ni] v. prune

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[saati] n. pine sap

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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