Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[daruu] n. summer

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

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

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[leko] v. cross

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ni] v. prune

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poli] n. seed

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tõ] v. display

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

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

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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