Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arcì] v. roll

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[santú] n. tree

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tartu] v. break

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[álù] v. to work

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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