Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aháa] n. heart

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[alo] n. salt

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjo] v. swim

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi] n. sun

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[surù] n. coarse sand

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

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[taki] n. ginger

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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