Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[car] v. boil

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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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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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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