Apatani English

[ahì] n. fruit

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[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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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

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

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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