Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aíi] n. blood

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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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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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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

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

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[tù] v. push

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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