Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

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

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[ke] v. write

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[moru] n. cheek

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[álù] v. to work

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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