Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[alo] n. salt

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[apó] n. body

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[ho] n. and

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lebu] n. agate bead

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[niti] adj. new

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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