Apatani English

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koha] num. nine

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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