Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[burù] n. younger brother

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

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

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[po] v. weave

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[ríi] n. drool

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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