Apatani English

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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

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[tõ] v. display

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jali] n. fox

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ákojá] pron. something else

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