Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arcì] v. roll

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽco] n. titillation

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

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

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

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nesú] n. granary

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tõ] v. display

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ