Apatani English

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[harpó] n. bucket

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabu] n. snake

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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