Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bù] v. uproot

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pota] n. paper

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[álì] v. plant

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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