Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[cì] v. bite

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

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

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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

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[tù] v. flood

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[tú] v. kick

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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