Apatani English

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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

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

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sulú] n. fence

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ápì] v. dry

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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