Apatani English

[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dui] n. tobacco

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

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨma] n. root

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tarì] n. hail

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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