Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[car] v. boil

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjã] v. name

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[tú] v. kick

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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