Apatani English

[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alo] n. day

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[alíi] v. bury

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apó] n. body

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[loɲì] n. two days

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

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[si] dem. this

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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