Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[koha] num. nine

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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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

[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paako] n. an element of babo

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pota] n. paper

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[jamu] n. fire

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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