Apatani English

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apó] n. body

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[huuto] n. light

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lemba] n. village

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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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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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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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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