Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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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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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[santú] n. tree

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taki] n. ginger

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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