Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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