Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[itú] adj. small; short

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

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kanu] num. seven

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[poŋe] adj. different

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[supũ] n. world

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tero] n. chili

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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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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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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