Apatani English

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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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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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[aíi] n. blood

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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

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[ʎi] v. become

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koha] num. nine

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

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

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tù] v. push

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xú] v. aim

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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