Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aĩ] n. gold

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[asè] v. wash; clean

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[doodu] n. drop

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[lebu] n. agate bead

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[née] v. wrestle

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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