Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

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

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Dialect: var. hubur

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[tù] v. push

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù