Apatani English

[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laakur] v. take back

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

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

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[suh] n. spring

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[álù] adj. busy

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