Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tú] v. kick

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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