Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[emǝr] n. dew

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

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[papù] n. egg

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japa] n. young man

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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