Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haabjã] n. chest

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[imi] v. sleep

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[siɁ] n. urine

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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