Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ] n. comb

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

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

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

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

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

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[heɁ] v. knit

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

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

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[ke] v. write

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lɨbã] n. baby

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tõ] v. display

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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