Apatani English

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alo] n. salt

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dùuha] v. sit down

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[la] conj. and

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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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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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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