Apatani English

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alo] n. day

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[asã] n. north

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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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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kõci] n. dawn

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

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leko] v. cross

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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