Apatani English

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[balu] n. garden

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lohè] post. till; until

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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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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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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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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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