Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arná] v. choke

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[eem] int. yes

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

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

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[si] dem. this

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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