Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[ho] num. in; at

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mura] n. seat

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taa] v. swim

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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