ba /ba/ vr. vomit; puke; retch

ba’ /baɁ/ vr. carry; transport

ba’so /baɁso/ adj. long [syn. wbyo’] [ant. twdw]

báa /báa/ vr. roll; spin; rotate

baabu’ /baabuɁ/ adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

baara /baara/ n. fare; fee [or. Assamese]

baarò /baarò/ adj. big flat object [ant. bazo, barzo]

baayo’ /baajoɁ/ adv. slow; sluggish

bábì /bábì/ n. swing; dangle

babiñ /babĩ/ adj. stark; bare, as of a field

babó /babó/ n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

baciñ /bacĩ/ n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

bade /bade/ n. ceiling rack for storing meat [syn. yo bade; xaci]

bafa /baʎa/ n. slope; slant; downslope

bagañ rizo /bagã riɲo/ n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.) [syn. neha appú]

bai-bala /bai-bala/ adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

baji’ /baɟiɁ/ v. cook in oil [or. Assamese]

baji /baji/ n. time [or. Assamese]

baka’ /bakaɁ/ n. dent; depression

bako’ /bakoɁ/ n. box [or. Assamese]

baltiq /baltiŋ/ n. bucket

balu /balu/ n. garden

bañbañ /bãbã/ adj. heavy or hoarse voice

bañs garw /bãs garɨ/ n. bus [or. English]

bar /bar/ vr. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

bár /bár/ vr. charge interest

barr /barr/ vr. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

baarañ /baarã / adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

barbo-fibo /barbo-ʎibo/ n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

barde /barde/ n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

bardiñ /bardĩ/ n. fate; destiny

bare’ /bareɁ/ v. snap or break, as a thread

bare /bare/ num. one (of flat objects)

bárì /bárì/ n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

bari’ /bariɁ/ v. get up; stand up [syn. guri’]

barju’ /barɟuɁ/ n. netted cane basket for everyday use

barmw /barmɨ/ n. sister

baró /baró/ n. brother

baro-mazañ /baro-maɲã/ n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

barxo’ /barxoɁ/ v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

basw’ /basɨɁ/ n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

bátè /bátè/ adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

batiñ /batĩ/ n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

bahuñ /bahũ/ adv. vomiting tendency; retch

báxè /báxè/ adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

barzo /barɲo/ adj. small flat object [ant. baarò] [var. bazo]

bazo /baɲo/ adj. small flat object [ant. baarò] [var. barzó]

be /be/ vr. fasten or tie

be’ /beɁ/ vr. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

be’ce /beɁce/ v. crack; split; rapture

be’tuñ /beɁtũ/ v. shrink; contract; become smaller

be’xo /beɁxo/ v. peel off; pare; flake

be’lw /beɁlɨ/ n. next door neighbor

be’pa’-be’ya’ /beɁpaɁ-beɁja/ adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

be’hu /beɁhu/ adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

be’ri /beɁri/ n. decorative border; edge

bebu’ /bebuɁ/ n. gun [syn. mubu’; bibu’]

bée /bêe/ vr. chant; invoke

befe /beʎe/ v. chatter; babble

behe /behe/ n. bamboo shoot [syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw]

beluñ /belũ/ n. friend; audience (term of reference)

beluñku /belũku/ pron. friends; audience (term of address)

beñ /bẽ/ vr. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

beeñ /beẽ/ vr. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

beqna /beŋna/ n. brinjal (Solanam melongena) [or. Assamese]

beyuñ /bejũ/ n. tomato; potato [var. byayuñ]

beezì /beeɲì/ n. term of address for two audince; term of reference for two persons

bi /bi/ vr. give; offer

bibu’ /bibuɁ/ n. gun syn. mubu’ [var. bebu’]

bidiñ /bidĩ/ n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

bíi /bíi/ vr. cascade; flow (as water)

bìi /bìi/ vr. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

bíi’ /bíiɁ/ vr. emit sound; echo

bíi’ /bíiɁ/ vr. compensate; make reparation; make amends

biiku-bifa /biiku-biʎa/ adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

biilo /biilo/ adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

bije /bije/ n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

bije arw /biɟe arɨ/ n. bundle of bamboo

bije biizi’ /biɟe biiɲiɁ/ n. small sized bamboo

bije biirañ /biɟe biirã/ n. bamboo stump

bije leñda /biɟe lẽda/ n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

bije sudu /bije sudu/ n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

bije twgya /biɟe tɨgja/ n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

bije zaazi /biɟe ɲaaɲi/ n. lichen around bamboo nodes [syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi]

bilañ abíi /bilã abíi/ n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

biñ /bĩ/ vr. uproot (as of weed)

biñpa /bĩpa/ n. rope of bamboo skin

biñpu /bĩpu/ adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

bipiñ /bipĩ/ n. mat of animal skin

birañ /birã/ n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

birañ patu’ /birã patuɁ/ n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

bisvr abíi /bisǝr abíi/ n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

biti /biti/ n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

biyañ /bijã/ n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

biyañ tw’gya /bijã tɨɁgja/ n. waist (esp. of female)

bo /bo/ vr. cross; traverse

bo’go /boɁgo/ n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

bofo /boʎo/ adj. thin (of a flat object) [ant. byañkvr]

boha /boha/ n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

bóì /bóì/ n. track made by large game

bóo /bóo/ vr. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

borta’ /bortaɁ/ n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

bosta /bosta/ n. jute bag; gunny bag [or. Assamese]

botoli /botoli/ n. bottle [or. English]

bù /bù/ vr. uproot

bu’ /buɁ/ vr. multiply; proliferate; procreate

bu’ /buɁ/ vr. burst; explode

bu’li uune /buɁli uune/ n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

budu /budu/ v. murmur; mumble; mutter

budu’ /buduɁ/ v. sulk; get offended

bufañ /buʎã/ n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

bufú /buʎú/ n. tadpole

bukofe’be /bukoʎeɁbe/ n. larva of water beetle [syn. fe’be]

bwluñ-bwle /bɨlũ-bɨle/ adj. sickly, unappetizing [var. buluñ-bwle]

buluñ-bwle /bulũ-bɨle/ adj. sickly, unappetizing [var. bwluñ-bwle]

bum /bum/ n. bomb [or. English]

buñ /bũ/ vr. crowd

buñci /bũci/ n. ninth month of the year; September-October

buqa /buŋa/ v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

burta’ /burtaɁ/ n. a variety of snake; cobra [var. borta’]

burù /burù/ n. younger brother

burúu /burúu/ n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

busañ tabú /busã tabú/ n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) [var. bwsañ tabú]

busu’ /busuɁ/ v. get loose; loosen; slacken

buu /buu/ vr. hold; keep; own [var. bww]

búu /búu/ vr. give birth to [var. bww]

buudu-buugyá /buudu-buugjá/ n. household articles

buufú /buuʎú/ n. tadpole

buuì /buui/ n. rat dropping

buukò /buukò/ n. a variety of large jungle rat

buulì /buulì/ n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowring in large numbers

buuñtw /buũtɨ/ n. tenth month of the year; October

buupiñ /buupĩ/ v. follow in birth order

buupiñ swnw /buupĩ sɨnɨ/ n. twin; siblings

buuro /buuro/ adj. thick or big cylinderical object [ant. buuzó]

buutuñ /buutũ/ n. a person who remains bachelor

buutw /buutɨ/ n. community; society

buuxe /buuxe/ n. a variety of house rat

buuzó /buuɲó/ adj. small cylinderical object [ant. buurò]

bwdañ /bɨdã/ n. precipice; cliff

bwdañ daara’ /bɨdã daaraɁ/ n. stiff cliff

bwdí /bɨdí/ adj. trick; tactic; strategy [or. Assamese]

bwdí ba’lo /bɨdí baɁlo/ n. conspiracy

bwfe’ /bɨʎeɁ/ adj. soft; spongy; pliable [syn. bwya’] [ant. alvr]

bwfiñ /bɨʎĩ/ n. yesterday evening

bwfo’ /bɨʎoɁ/ adj. nearby; near

bwfo /bɨʎo/ n. yesterday

bwhiñ /bɨhĩ/ n. a variety of tree

bwje /bɨɟe/ adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious [var. bwjé bwjé]

bwjvr /bɨɟǝr/ n. market; bazaar [or. Assamese]

bwle’ /bɨleɁ/ adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy [syn. tule’]

bwliñ kormo /bɨlĩ kormo/ n. a variety of fruit

bwlu-bwla’ /bɨlu-bɨlaɁ/ adv. hurriedly; suddenly

bwlw /bɨlɨ/ adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

bwnw /bɨnɨ/ n. female; damsel; lady

bwpw’ /bɨpɨɁ/ prep. under; beneath; below

bwpw’ tabú /bɨpɨɁ tabú/ n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

bwriñ /bɨrĩ/ n. python (Python molurus)

bwra’ /bɨraɁ/ adj. mellow (of taste)

bwro /bɨro/ n. yesterday morning

bwsañ tabú /bɨsã tabú/ n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) [var. busañ tabú]

bwsi /bɨsi/ n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

bwso /bɨso/ adj. afraid; scared; terrified

bwso-kaco /bɨso kaco/ n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

bww /bɨɨ/ vr. hold; keep; own [var. buu]

bww /bɨɨ/ vr. give birth to [var. buu]

bwya’ /bɨjaɁ/ adj. soft; spongy; pliable [syn. bwfe’] [Ant. alvr]

bwyo /bɨjo/ n. yesterday night

bwyo /bɨjo/ adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

bwza-bwza /bɨɲa-bɨɲa/ adj. silky; delicate; soft [syn. bwzi’-bwza]

bwzañ /bɨɲã/ n. last year

bwzi’-bwza /bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa/ adj. silky; delicate; soft [syn. bwza-bwza]

bya’ /bjaɁ/ vr. hesitate; waver; vicillate

byaa /bjaa/ vr. ruin; disintegrate

byáa /bjáa/ vr. roast; grill

byaací /bjaací/ n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house [syn. byaarañ]

byaago /bjaago/ n. front verandah of an Apatani house

byaakañ /bjaakã/ n. space underneath the house

byaako /bjaako/ n. kind of edible berry

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

byaazó /bjaaɲó/ adj. narrow (esp. of path)

byací /bjací/ adj. smart; quick; agile [syn. cibyw]

byako /bjako/ n. common term of berries

byaku’ tale’ /bjakuɁ taleɁ/ n. onion

byakú /bjakú/ n. a child with developmental delay

byañkvr /bjãkǝr/ adj. thick [ant. bofó]

byañtuñ /bjãtũ/ adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

byapu’ /bjapuɁ/ n. bamboo shoot [syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw]

byar /bjar/ vr. flip; flick

byarbó /bjarbó/ v. jump across

byayuñ /bjajũ/ n. tomato; potato [var. beyuñ]

byazó /bjaɲó/ adj. small (esp. of flower)

byo’ /bjoɁ/ vr. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

byo’dá /bjoɁdá/ adj. bright; brilliant

byo’hú /bjoɁhú/ v. brighten; light up; illuminate

byodiñ /bjodĩ/ n. an element of ritual altar

byoñ /bjõ/ vr. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

byo /bjo/ vr. swim

byoopvr /bjoopǝr/ n. a variety of headgear

byopa /bjopa/ n. cap; headgear

byuhu /bjuhu/ n. grave; tomb

byurw-byarw /bjurɨ-bjarɨ/ adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy [syn. ulu-byalu]

byuu /bjuu/ vr. suck

byuxwñ /bjuxɨ/ n. cemetry; burial ground; graveyard

byw /bjɨ/ n. a species of bamboo