Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lemba] n. village

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tarù] n. rope

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeɁ] v. winnow

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

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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