Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[se] v. pull

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[suh] n. spring

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[álì] v. plant

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