Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dùuha] v. sit down

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

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

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. keená

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[milò] n. husband

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nesú] n. granary

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[niti] adj. new

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

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

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

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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