Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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

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

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. keená

[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kormo] n. seed

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pota] n. paper

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sumù] n. sand

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xú] v. measure

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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