Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alíi] v. bury

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pí] v. bark

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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