Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

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

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

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

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gehe] v. yawn

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

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

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hu] pron. who

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koha] num. nine

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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