Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲimɨ] n. female

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