Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mjã] v. name

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[papù] n. egg

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

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

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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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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarì] n. hail

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

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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