Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[aɲì] num. two

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[humi] pron. whom

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapũ] n. bat

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[jali] n. fox

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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