Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akó] num. one; single

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[ke] v. write

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[sa] n. rope

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[si] dem. this

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tartu] v. break

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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