Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉola] n. bag

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

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karo] v. spy; peep

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koŋ] num. one

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[oho búu] v. give birth

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pulu] adj. white

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japǝr] n. mortar

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ápì] v. dry

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