Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arná] v. choke

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[jali] n. fox

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jasi] n. water

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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