Apatani English

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

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[aɲã] n. year

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[bi] v. give; offer

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

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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