Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aɲã] n. year

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

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

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koha] num. nine

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɁla] n. tear

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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