Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xe] v. read; count

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jarú] n. ear

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

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[álò] v. dry

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ápì] v. dry

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

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