Apatani English

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

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[ajò] n. night

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hupa] pron. for whom

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩci] v. reach

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

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kormo] n. seed

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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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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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[niti] adj. new

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

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

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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