Apatani English

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[asó] n. length

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

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

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harù] n. lung

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨló] n. lever

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

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jamu] n. fire

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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