Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[alo] n. salt

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arcì] v. roll

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[ajò] n. night

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

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

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xe] v. force something

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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