Apatani English

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[huuto] n. light

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[papù] n. egg

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

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ámì] n. tail

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