Apatani English

[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pidú] 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. he’dú

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pulu] adj. white

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[siɁ] n. urine

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

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

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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