Apatani English

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

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarì] n. hail

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[álò] v. dry

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[álù] n. task

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