Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[caa] v. step on

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[taa] v. swim

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jama] adj. poor

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò