Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[cíi] v. be extinct

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanu] num. seven

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

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

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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