Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[asã] n. north

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huuto] n. light

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kakur] v. look back

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

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

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[papù] n. egg

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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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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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[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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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tero] n. chili

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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