Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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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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[jo] n. meat

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

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