Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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