Apatani English

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ajò] n. night

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dùu] v. sit

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[une] n. wound

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

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xe] v. force something

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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