Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[arná] v. choke

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[car] v. boil

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽda] n. path

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sãgo] n. life

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tero] n. chili

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[une] n. wound

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ákojá] pron. something else

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