Apatani English

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

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[apũ] prep. among

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lɨgju] n. claw

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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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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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[álù] n. task

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[ámì] n. tail

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