Apatani English

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

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dimpu] n. white hair

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨpja] n. shin

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[no ho] pron. where

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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