Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

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

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[álù] n. task

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