Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amu] n. hair

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[doodu] n. drop

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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

[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nãca] v. push something up

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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