Apatani English

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[apũ] prep. among

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

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

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨma] n. root

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

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

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takǝr] n. star

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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