Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[aíi] n. blood

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[baró] n. brother

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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

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

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

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xe] v. force something

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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