Apatani English

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[caa] v. step on

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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

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[doodu] n. drop

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

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

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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

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[jali] n. fox

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[álì] v. plant

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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