Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alì] n. leg

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

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

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hilu] n. gum

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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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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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[álù] n. task

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