Apatani English

[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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