Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[aíi] n. blood

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[eem] int. yes

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[santú] n. tree

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taju] n. wasp

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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