Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[lemba] n. village

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[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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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tõ] v. display

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[tù] v. flood

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

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

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japa] n. young man

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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