Apatani English

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axɨ] n. comb

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hilu] n. gum

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taa] v. swim

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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