Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[harù] n. lung

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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

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

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sumù] n. sand

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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