Apatani English

[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

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

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koʎã] adj. round

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

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

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

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

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ámì] n. tail

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