Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[urú] n. family

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japa] n. young man

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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