Apatani English

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[alíi] v. bury

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[alíi] n. 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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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[asó] n. length

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sa] n. rope

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[se] v. pull

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[taki] n. ginger

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[tú] v. kick

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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