Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kanu] num. seven

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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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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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ámì] n. tail

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