Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[née] v. wrestle

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

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

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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