Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lemba] n. village

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tù] v. push

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù