Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[arná] v. choke

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

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

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

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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