Apatani English

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

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

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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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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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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