Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[akó] num. one; single

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[car] v. boil

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[daɲi] n. sun

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

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

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[ho] n. and

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[húì] v. fall

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jali] n. fox

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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