Apatani English

[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

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

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tù] v. flood

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[japĩ] n. nose

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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