Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[huuto] n. light

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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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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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[milò] n. husband

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

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

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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