Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarù] n. rope

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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