Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[amiɁ] n. eye

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[car] v. boil

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎo] v. jump

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kõci] n. dawn

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[santú] n. tree

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[takǝr] n. star

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xú] v. measure

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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