Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bi] v. give; offer

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

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

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nãca] v. push something up

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

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

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[santú] n. tree

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[si] dem. this

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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