Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjuu] v. suck

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[áamì] n. cat

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