Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lemba] n. village

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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