Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[appú] n. flower

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

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[santú] n. tree

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[ude] n. house

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[álù] n. task

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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