Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[appú] n. flower

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ka] v. see; look at

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

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

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

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[sa] n. rope

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xõcã] n. corner

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xú] v. aim

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

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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