Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ganda] n. country; land

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[húì] v. fall

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

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

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poli] n. seed

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ápì] v. dry

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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