Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jamu] n. fire

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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