Apatani English

[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

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

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kanu] num. seven

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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