Apatani English

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

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[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎo] v. jump

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[harlã] n. thigh

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hu] pron. who

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[imi] v. sleep

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

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

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

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[une] n. wound

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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