Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[agoo] n. outside

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjuu] v. suck

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xú] v. aim

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

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ĩka] pron. that

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