Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[aɲì] num. two

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

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

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[lemba] n. village

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

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

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taa] v. swim

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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