Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

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

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[sarse] n. millet

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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