Apatani English

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

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[arcì] v. roll

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[baró] n. brother

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. keená

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laakur] v. take back

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[papù] n. egg

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patǝr] n. cage

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

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

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarì] n. hail

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo] n. meat

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[álù] v. to work

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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