Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

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

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[ho] n. and

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nãca] v. push something up

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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