Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apúu] n. arrow

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjo] v. swim

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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