Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[adú] v. make noise

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[akì] n. dog

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

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

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[eem] int. yes

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[ni] v. prune

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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