Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

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

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

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

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[supũ] n. world

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

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[álì] v. plant

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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