Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cì] v. bite

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[huuto] n. light

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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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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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjã] v. name

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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

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

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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