Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ámì] n. tail

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