Apatani English

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

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amu] n. hair

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[balu] n. garden

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[pakã] n. goose

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taki] n. ginger

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xe] v. force something

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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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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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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