Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amu] n. hair

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[ciĩ] v. weave

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[harlã] n. thigh

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[kóò] n. son

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨra] n. slave

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[urú] n. family

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ápì] v. dry

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