Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ajò] n. night

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

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

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lohè] post. till; until

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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