Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[alo] n. salt

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lemba] n. village

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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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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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò