Apatani English

[agoo] n. outside

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amu] n. hair

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarì] n. hail

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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