Apatani English

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[caa] v. step on

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kõci] n. dawn

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nã] v. push; press

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xirki] n. window

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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