Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[humi] pron. whom

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

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

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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