Apatani English

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

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cì] v. bite

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dùu] v. sit

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[harlã] n. thigh

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[ni] v. prune

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[supũ] n. world

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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