Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dimpu] n. white hair

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kanu] num. seven

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nar] v. borrow

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[po] v. weave

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ude] n. house

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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