Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

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

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nã] v. push; press

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[sa] n. rope

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

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

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ