Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[doodu] n. drop

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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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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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[moru] n. cheek

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[no ho] pron. where

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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