Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pacu] n. chick

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

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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