Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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