Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[díĩ] v. curse

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

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨra] n. slave

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[álù] n. task

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