Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akì] n. dog

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨ] num. six

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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