Apatani English

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[álù] v. to work

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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