Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[alo] n. salt

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

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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

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

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kone] num. one

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kormo] n. seed

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kõci] n. dawn

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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