Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apũ] prep. among

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

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

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjo] v. swim

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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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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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

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

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨsida] adv. now

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamu] n. fire

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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