Apatani English

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[anu] n. younger brother

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[ho] n. and

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xú] v. aim

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[álù] v. to work

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