Apatani English

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[amu] n. hair

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[cíi] v. be extinct

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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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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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

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

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[sa] n. rope

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[tù] v. flood

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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