Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[alaɁ] n. hand

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[álì] v. plant

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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