Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amã] n. roof

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[apó] n. body

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[aɲã] n. year

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[balu] n. garden

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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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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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

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

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[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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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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