Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

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

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

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

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pìi] v. dry

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xú] v. aim

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

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[japũ] n. sky

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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