Apatani English

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjo] v. swim

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sabè] n. loincloth

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[si] dem. this

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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