Apatani English

[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[xeli] v. play

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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