Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[appú] n. flower

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[leko] v. cross

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamì] n. weed

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[japĩ] n. nose

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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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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[álù] n. task

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