Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[ciĩ] v. weave

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more] n. forest

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pu] v. bind

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[se] v. pull

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xe] v. force something

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[álì] v. plant

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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