Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apũ] prep. among

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taki] n. ginger

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[álì] v. plant

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