Apatani English

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bjo] v. swim

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[car] v. boil

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

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lohè] post. till; until

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

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pasù] n. needle

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[suh] n. spring

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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