Apatani English

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

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lɨ] v. plant

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xirki] n. window

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ĩka] pron. that

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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