Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[so] post. at; in

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[takũ] n. peach

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[une] n. wound

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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