Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[du] v. drip (of water)

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[huuto] n. light

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjã] v. name

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pìi] v. dry

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tarì] n. hail

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[tero] n. chili

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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