Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apũ] prep. among

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[balu] n. garden

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hua] v. fall into something

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

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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