Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

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

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[alíi] v. bury

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hu] pron. who

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

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

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[leko] v. cross

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tù] v. flood

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xeli] v. play

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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