Apatani English

[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xú] v. aim

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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