Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

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

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hu] pron. who

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

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

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pace] n. the other side

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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