Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[alló] n. bone

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poli] n. seed

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saã] v. grow; live

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xe] v. force something

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ