Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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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

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[húì] v. fall

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[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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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mja] v. lull; console

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

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[niti] adj. new

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áakũ] v. come early

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