Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cì] v. bite

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[ke] v. write

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kone] num. one

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨle] n. river

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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

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[pota] n. paper

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[se] v. pull

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[taki] n. ginger

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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