Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[akì] n. dog

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[car] v. boil

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

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

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

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pota] n. paper

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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