Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

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

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

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

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[more] n. forest

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarì] n. hail

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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