Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[milò] n. husband

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

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

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

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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