Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[akó] num. one; single

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[ajò] n. night

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[heɁ] v. knit

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pace] n. the other side

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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