Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[koha] num. nine

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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