Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[golu] v. lie

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xe] v. force something

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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