Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hupa] pron. for whom

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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