Apatani English

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[koha] num. nine

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[oho búu] v. give birth

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pulu] adj. white

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ápì] v. dry

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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