Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

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

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[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

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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