Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akì] n. dog

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[car] v. boil

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[leko] v. cross

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[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

[oho milobo] n. son

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tacì] n. crab

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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

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[tú] v. kick

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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