Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[apó] n. body

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[golu] v. lie

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[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

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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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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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

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

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tartu] v. break

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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