Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arná] v. choke

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[asã] n. north

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[ho] num. in; at

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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