Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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