Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apũ] prep. among

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉola] n. bag

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pidú] 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. he’dú

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[jali] n. fox

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[álù] v. to work

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