Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apó] n. body

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[balu] n. garden

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[humi] pron. whom

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

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

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nẽbu] n. home

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pano] v. sting

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

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

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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