Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

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

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aíi] n. blood

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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

[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

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

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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