Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[balu] n. garden

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mura] n. seat

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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