Apatani English

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[asó] n. length

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

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

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[leko] v. cross

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

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

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

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

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[santú] n. tree

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tarù] n. rope

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[álù] v. to work

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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