Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[húì] v. fall

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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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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjã] v. name

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ude] n. house

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[xú] v. measure

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[álò] v. dry

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