Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[alì] n. leg

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aɲã] n. year

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[aɲì] num. two

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[diipe] n. spade

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kone] num. one

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[taki] n. ginger

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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