Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[adã] n. spear

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajò] n. night

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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

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[bũ] v. crowd

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

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bù] v. uproot

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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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

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[xú] v. measure

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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