Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

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

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽco] n. titillation

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

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sãgo] n. life

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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