Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[more] n. forest

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò