Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[aɲì] num. two

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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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

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[lẽda] n. path

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[so] post. at; in

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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

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