Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abã] n. burning pain

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[la] conj. and

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[loɲì] n. two days

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pulis] n. police

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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

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