Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[putu] n. mountain

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[jama] adj. poor

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[álò] v. dry

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