Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hadɨ] n. anger

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[húì] v. fall

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lohe] n. one day

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nãbo] v. push something across

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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