Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[elù] n. reed flute

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

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[ho] n. and

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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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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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[ni] v. prune

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pasù] n. needle

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[supũ] n. world

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

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

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xirki] n. window

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ámì] n. tail

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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