Apatani English

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asã] n. north

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[ajò] n. night

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

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

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daruu] n. summer

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pí] v. bark

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xú] v. measure

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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