Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rupĩ] n. earring

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saã] v. grow; live

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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