Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[hu] pron. who

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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