Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

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

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[huuto] n. light

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nãca] v. push something up

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ámì] n. tail

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