Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[caa] v. step on

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ĩka] pron. that

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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