Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[ke] v. write

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koha] num. nine

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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