Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[car] v. boil

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[so] post. at; in

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tero] n. chili

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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