Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[huuto] n. light

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ríi] n. drool

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xeli] v. play

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

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

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