Apatani English

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

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[abã] n. burning pain

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[díĩ] v. curse

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[milò] n. husband

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

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

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[ude] n. house

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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