Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laŋu] n. neck

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[oho milobo] n. son

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨ] v. offer

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

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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