Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[akó] num. one; single

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

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

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koha] num. nine

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[pacu] n. chick

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xe] v. force something

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[áamì] n. cat

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