Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dui] n. tobacco

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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