Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjo] v. swim

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[ke] v. write

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[saati] n. pine sap

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tù] v. push

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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