Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bár] v. charge interest

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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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

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[ni] v. prune

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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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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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

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

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jamu] n. fire

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ