Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pulis] n. police

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[álù] adj. busy

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