Apatani English

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[baró] n. brother

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

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[parɨ] v. rotate

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sumù] n. sand

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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