Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aháa] n. heart

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[go] v. fly; soar

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

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pano] v. sting

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[takũ] n. peach

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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