Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bár] v. charge interest

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

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

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[rubi] n. deaf

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xoo] v. stir

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

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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