Apatani English

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aháa] n. heart

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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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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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hu] pron. who

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[perũ] n. bean

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

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

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[taki] n. ginger

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[japa] n. young man

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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