Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

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

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ápì] v. dry

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