Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harpó] n. bucket

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

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

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[hiŋ] num. three

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

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pulis] n. police

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[se] v. pull

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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