Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daruu] n. summer

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[se] v. pull

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xe] v. force something

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

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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