Apatani English

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eem] int. yes

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjã] v. name

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pí] v. bark

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeli] v. play

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò