Apatani English

[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

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

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tartu] v. break

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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