Apatani English

[aʎí] n. bow

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[takǝr] n. star

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uuko] n. hole

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xɨ] num. six

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar