Apatani English

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[alo] n. day

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arná] v. choke

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[asã] n. north

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[aɲã] n. year

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[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

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeli] v. play

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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