Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hogja] n. leopard

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[húì] v. fall

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

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

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tõ] v. display

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jaso] n. cane

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[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

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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