Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amã] n. roof

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cì] v. bite

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hupa] pron. for whom

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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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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[ridóo] v. throw far

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

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sulú] n. fence

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[talo] n. brass plate

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tartu] v. break

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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