Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harlã] n. thigh

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

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

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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