Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amu] n. hair

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[cì] v. bite

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

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

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[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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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harù] n. lung

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

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[ho] n. and

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kakur] v. look back

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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