Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arná] v. choke

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aíi] n. blood

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[cì] v. bite

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[huuto] n. light

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨma] n. root

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poŋe] adj. different

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

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

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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

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