Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[aíi] n. blood

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨ] v. die

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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