Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agoo] n. outside

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

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

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[doodu] n. drop

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[álù] adj. busy

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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