Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[sa] n. rope

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarì] n. hail

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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