Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[koha] num. nine

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lohe] n. one day

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ude] n. house

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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