Apatani English

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kapjó] adj. first

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lohe] n. one day

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[se] v. pull

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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