Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amã] n. roof

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

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

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

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

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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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

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[jamu] n. fire

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