Apatani English

[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[appú] n. flower

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[koha] num. nine

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[papù] n. egg

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tarì] n. hail

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tù] v. push

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[japjo] n. winnower

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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