Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[adã] n. spear

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[caa] v. step on

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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