Apatani English

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[suh] n. spring

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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