Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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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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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[no ho] pron. where

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[suh] n. spring

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tõ] v. display

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tù] v. flood

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

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

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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