Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sa] n. rope

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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