Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[aɲì] num. two

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kone] num. one

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poli] n. seed

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xú] v. aim

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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