Apatani English

[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amu] n. hair

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

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

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. keená

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[niti] adj. new

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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

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[si] dem. this

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tù] v. flood

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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