Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alló] n. bone

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

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

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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