Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abã] n. elder brother

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alló] n. bone

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[asã] n. north

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[aɲì] num. two

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[santú] n. tree

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[se] v. pull

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tartu] v. break

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. aim

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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