Apatani English

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

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

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[hilu] n. gum

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[samã] n. pine needle

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

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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