Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎí] n. bow

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aíi] n. blood

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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