Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[asè] v. wash; clean

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kone] num. one

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[la] conj. and

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poli] n. seed

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[santú] n. tree

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ĩka] pron. that

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

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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