Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tarì] n. hail

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áamì] n. cat

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[álò] v. dry

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