Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ámè] v. mate

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