Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[alo] n. salt

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lẽda] n. path

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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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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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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