Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajò] n. night

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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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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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[la] conj. and

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ude] n. house

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[álò] v. dry

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