Apatani English

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[pidú] 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. he’dú

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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