Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[amu] n. hair

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arcì] v. roll

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[húì] v. fall

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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