Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[balu] n. garden

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jo] n. meat

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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