Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[adã] n. spear

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì] n. dog

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[ke] v. write

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

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

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xú] v. measure

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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