Apatani English

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

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apó] n. body

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diipe] n. spade

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[so] post. at; in

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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