Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adã] n. spear

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kone] num. one

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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

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

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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