Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[ni] v. prune

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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