Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[née] v. wrestle

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jama] adj. poor

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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