Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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

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Dialect: syn. didu

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ribo] v. throw something across

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

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[álù] v. to work

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