Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[baró] n. brother

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja] n. leopard

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

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

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tartu] v. break

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áamì] n. cat

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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