Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abã] n. burning pain

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apó] n. body

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

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

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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