Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[hù] v. prick; stab

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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

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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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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jasi] n. water

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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