Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[alíi] v. bury

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cì] v. bite

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[jali] n. fox

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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