Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akó] num. one; single

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[du] v. drip (of water)

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

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

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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

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

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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