Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

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

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pakã] n. goose

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[santú] n. tree

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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