Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[si] dem. this

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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