Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kone] num. one

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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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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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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