Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apó] n. body

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

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

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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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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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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