Apatani English

[agoo] n. outside

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

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

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

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

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

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

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

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

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[álì] v. plant

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