Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apó] n. body

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

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

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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