Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[asã] n. north

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

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

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[ni] v. prune

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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