Apatani English

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

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

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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