Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[adã] n. spear

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aháa] n. heart

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

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

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

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

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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

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

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[une] n. wound

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japa] n. young man

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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