Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alló] n. bone

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dùu] v. sit

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[putu] n. mountain

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[si] dem. this

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

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

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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