Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

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

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[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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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tamì] n. weed

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jali] n. fox

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[álù] n. task

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