Apatani English

[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[aíi] n. blood

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[bù] v. uproot

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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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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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

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

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[taxó] adj. bald

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xú] v. aim

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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