Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[ke] v. write

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨ] v. die

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

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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