Apatani English

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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