Apatani English

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sa] n. rope

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taki] n. ginger

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamù] n. a deity

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

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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