Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

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

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lemba] n. village

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

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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