Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aháa] n. heart

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[akì] n. dog

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hime] n. child; youngster

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[ni] v. prune

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[no ho] pron. where

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

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

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pu] v. bind

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãgo] n. life

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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