Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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

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

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[diipe] n. spade

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[álò] v. dry

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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