Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

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

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tartu] v. break

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

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

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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