Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[ho] num. in; at

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãca] v. grow up

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[talo] n. brass plate

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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