Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tõ] v. display

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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