Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎí] n. bow

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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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

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tacì] n. crab

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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