Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎo] v. jump

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[niti] adj. new

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

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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