Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[asó] n. length

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjo] v. swim

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjã] v. name

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pulis] n. police

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tù] v. flood

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jaso] n. cane

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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