Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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

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

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨma] n. corpse

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

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

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xe] v. read; count

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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