Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arná] v. choke

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[baró] n. brother

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[harlã] n. thigh

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasi] n. water

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[álù] adj. busy

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