Apatani English

[agoo] n. outside

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santú] n. tree

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tacì] n. crab

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar