Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[ajò] n. night

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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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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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[si] dem. this

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tú] v. kick

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xe] v. force something

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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