Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[arná] v. choke

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[balu] n. garden

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

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

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlo] n. today

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

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xeli] v. play

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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