Apatani English

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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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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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[leko] v. cross

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pu] v. bind

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[álù] v. to work

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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