Apatani English

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[amã] n. roof

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arcì] v. roll

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

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

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[ríi] n. drool

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

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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