Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[caa] v. step on

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[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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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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