Apatani English

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

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[pacu] n. chick

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

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

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

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

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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