Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amu] n. hair

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kõci] n. dawn

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xeli] v. play

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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