Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[appú] n. flower

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

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

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamù] n. a deity

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tù] v. push

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[urú] n. family

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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