Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dùu] v. sit

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jalã] n. stone

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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