Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[appú] n. flower

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjo] v. swim

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[harù] n. lung

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[ni] v. prune

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[ákótá] pron. one more

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