Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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

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

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[more] n. forest

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[taa] v. swim

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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