Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[papù] n. egg

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xoo] v. stir

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jali] n. fox

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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