Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[adã] n. spear

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[aíi] n. blood

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[huuda] adj. bright

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[ĩ] v. go

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

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

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[taki] n. ginger

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tú] v. kick

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[álì] v. plant

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