Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lohè] post. till; until

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ápì] v. dry

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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