Apatani English

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[papi] n. wood chip

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ámè] v. mate

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