Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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

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

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãgo] n. life

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xirki] n. window

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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