Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alo] n. day

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[asã] n. north

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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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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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[la] conj. and

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[more] n. forest

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[no ho] pron. where

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ude] n. house

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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