Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨma] n. root

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ákótá] pron. one more

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