Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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

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

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sulú] n. fence

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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