Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

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

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

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

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xõcã] n. corner

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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