Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arná] v. choke

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[baró] n. brother

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[harù] n. lung

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá