Apatani English

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[balu] n. garden

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiŋ] num. three

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[milò] n. husband

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[surù] n. coarse sand

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taa] v. swim

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tú] v. kick

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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