Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[balu] n. garden

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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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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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pano] v. sting

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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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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xe] v. force something

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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