Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiŋ] num. three

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tõ] v. display

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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