Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[alo] n. day

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[moru] n. cheek

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

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pace] n. the other side

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sarse] n. millet

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[sãgo] n. life

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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