Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[eem] int. yes

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[golu] v. lie

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[santú] n. tree

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tabu] n. snake

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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