Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[asó] n. length

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[aɲã] n. year

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[hogja] n. leopard

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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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

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sa] n. rope

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

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

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[taxó] adj. bald

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[japũ] n. sky

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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