Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo] n. outside

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amã] n. roof

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amu] n. hair

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[apũ] prep. among

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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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

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[ho] n. and

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[ke] v. write

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨle] n. river

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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

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[pulu] adj. white

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[saati] n. pine sap

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[álì] v. plant

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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