Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aɲì] num. two

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[moru] n. cheek

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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

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

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jasi] n. water

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[álù] v. to work

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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