Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

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

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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

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

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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