Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨma] n. root

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ákojá] pron. something else

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