Apatani English

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

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[ho] n. and

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hokɨ] post. from

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lo] post. with; by

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xe] v. read; count

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[álù] n. task

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[álù] v. to work

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