Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kanu] num. seven

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

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

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

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

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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