Apatani English

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nar] v. borrow

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

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

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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