Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[milò] n. husband

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pu] v. bind

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

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

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[urú] n. family

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ámì] n. tail

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