Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[golu] v. lie

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[harlã] n. thigh

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

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

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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