Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[akì] n. dog

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[harù] n. lung

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[húì] v. fall

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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