Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aháa] n. heart

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[apó] n. body

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daruu] n. summer

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xoo] v. stir

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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