Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[amu] n. hair

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apũ] prep. among

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[golu] v. lie

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kamo] n. darkness

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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

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨma] n. root

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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