Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alíi] v. bury

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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

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[more] n. forest

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[taa] v. swim

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tù] v. push

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

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

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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