Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koŋ] num. one

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lemba] n. village

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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