Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aháa] n. heart

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[baró] n. brother

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

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kone] num. one

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pasù] n. needle

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

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[taʎa] v. listen

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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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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[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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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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