Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[akó] num. one; single

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

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

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[karo] v. spy; peep

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[naspati] n. pear

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamì] n. weed

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ