Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apũ] prep. among

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

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

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ápì] v. dry

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